Entrepreneurship Fintech Startup

Nigeria’s Fintech, CowryWise Accepted into YCombinator Summer 2018

Nigeria fintech startup, CowryWise, has been accepted into YCombinator Summer 2018 Batch. Commenting on the news, Razaq Ahmed, the CEO

Bujeti
Fintech Funding Investment Startup

Bujeti Secures $2m Funding to Support Growth & Increase Market Share

Bujeti, the Nigerian fintech startup, has raised a $2 million seed round led by Y Combinator (YC). The round was

Anchor
Fintech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Nigerian Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) Startup, Anchor Invests $2.4m Seed Led by Goat Capital

Anchor, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) startup, has raised a $2.4 million seed investment round which was led by Goat Capital. The round

Moni
Product Launch

Moni unveils new community-powered business loans to drive growth for African SMEs 

Moni, a digital platform that delivers financial services in Africa, has launched a new range of business loans that enables

FairMoney
Acquisition

FairMoney Acquires Payforce

FairMoney has acquired Payforce, a merchant payment collection and financial services distribution platform. The latter will now be known as PayForce

Launch Africa
Venture Capital

Interview: Launch Africa Ventures’ Approach to Investing in Startups

Launch Africa Ventures is a pan-African venture capital fund that has backed over 100 early-stage startups in more than 20

Fintech
Fintech

Nigerian Fintech Companies Raise $1.2bn in 2022

Nigerian Fintech companies secured a venture capital funding of $1.2 billion in 2022, followed by Kenyan fintech firms which raised

Ramani
Funding Venture Capital

Ramani Raises $32m to Build Financial Infrastructure for Africa’s Supply Chains

Ramani, a Tanzanian startup building the financial infrastructure for Africa’s supply chain, has raised $32 million in a Series A

Djamo
Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

Djamo Raises $14m to Build Personal Finance App For Francophone Africa

Djamo, a Y Combinator-backed fintech building a personal finance company in Francophone Africa, has raised $14 million in an equity

Pivo
Fintech Funding Payment Venture Capital

Nigerian Fintech Startup, Pivo Secures $2m Funding to Accelerate Growth

Pivo, a Nigerian female-led fintech startup, has raised $2 million in funding to upgrade existing products, build new ones, hire